EP 2755814 A1 20140723 - SOLID IDENTIFICATION GRID ENGINE FOR CALCULATING SUPPORT MATERIAL VOLUMES, AND METHODS OF USE
Title (en)
SOLID IDENTIFICATION GRID ENGINE FOR CALCULATING SUPPORT MATERIAL VOLUMES, AND METHODS OF USE
Title (de)
RASTERMASCHINE ZUR FESTKÖRPERIDENTIFIKATION ZUR BERECHNUNG VON STÜTZMATERIALVOLUMINA SOWIE VERWENDUNGSVERFAHREN DAFÜR
Title (fr)
MOTEUR DE GRILLE D'IDENTIFICATION D'UN SOLIDE PERMETTANT DE CALCULER DES VOLUMES DE MATÉRIAU DE SUPPORT, ET PROCÉDÉS D'UTILISATION
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201113231533 A 20110913
- US 2012054421 W 20120910
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2013066812A1] A method for calculating a support material volume, the method comprising generating a grid of cells for a tree data structure of a digital part, where the cells define a plurality of cell arrays, and pinging the cells of one of the cell arrays until a cell containing a subset of the tree data structure is reached or until each cell in the cell array is pinged, where if a cell containing the subset of the tree data structure is reached, then designating the reached cell and all remaining unpinged cells in the cell array as filled. The method also includes repeating the pinging step for each remaining cell array to determine a total filled volume, and subtracting a volume of the digital part from the total filled volume to determine a support material volume.
IPC 8 full level
B29C 67/00 (2006.01); G06T 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B29C 64/393 (2017.07 - EP US); B29C 64/40 (2017.07 - EP US); G06F 30/00 (2020.01 - US); G06T 17/005 (2013.01 - EP US); G06T 17/10 (2013.01 - EP US); B33Y 50/00 (2014.12 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2013039827A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2013066812 A1 20130314; US 8818544 B2 20140826; EP 2755814 A1 20140723; EP 2755814 B1 20160504; US 2014330419 A1 20141106; US 9483588 B2 20161101; WO 2013039827 A1 20130321
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 201113231533 A 20110913; EP 12775869 A 20120910; US 2012054421 W 20120910; US 201414335028 A 20140718